A team of Chinese scientists has discovered a giant new sinkhole with a forest at its bottom.
, deep enough to just swallow St. Louis' Gateway Arch.A team of speleologists and spelunkers rappelled into the sinkhole on Friday , discovering that there are three cave entrances in the chasm, as well as ancient trees 131 feet tall, stretching their branches toward the sunlight that filters through the sinkhole entrance.
Karst landscapes are formed primarily by the dissolution of bedrock, Veni said. Rainwater, which is slightly acidic, picks up The new discovery took place in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, near Ping'e village in the county of Leye, according to Xinhua. Guangxi is known for its fabulous karst formations, which range from sinkholes to rock pillars to natural bridges and have earned the regionThe sinkhole's interior is 1,004 feet long and 492 feet wide, Zhang Yuanhai, a senior engineer with the Institute of Karst Geology, told Xinhua.
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